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Table 2.3 The Value of Home Gardens to Households in Bushbuckridge, South Africa, 1996


TABLE 2.3 THE VALUE OF HOME GARDENS TO HOUSEHOLDS IN BUSHBUCKRIDGE< SOUTH AFRICA, 1996
Crop Cash Equivalent
for Crops Consumed
at Home (Rand)*		 Cash Value of
Crops Sold (Rand)*
Bean 57 4
Cabbage 445 46
Cassava 296 10
Cauliflower 100 0
Chili 48 13
Dintlo 124 109
Ground nut 184 41
Madanda 60 0
Maize 267 42
Onion 30 10
Pumpkin 52 0
Spinach 92 24
Sugar cane 277 217
Sweet potato 175 7
Tomato 126 0
Water melon 35 0
*Average income of households cultivating each crop
Source: High and Shackleton 2000